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WORLD / Middle East
82 killed in Afghanistan violence
(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-09-21 17:03
KABUL - A bomb attack Friday against a convoy of French troops killed one
soldier and injured many Afghans near the blast, while heavy fighting in
southern Afghanistan killed about 75 Taliban fighters and six civilians,
officials said.
An Afghan police officer runs near a civilian vehicle which caught on
fire after a car bomb exploded on a convoy of French troops in western
Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 21, 2007. [AP]?
The attack in western Kabul blew the windows out of a civilian bus and
set at least one vehicle on fire. At least six civilians were in serious
condition, and many others had lesser injuries, said Zormai Rasa, the
local police chief.
NATO's International Security Assistance Force confirmed that one French
soldier was killed in the blast, but a spokesman said he had no other
information.
Heavy fighting in the south, meanwhile, killed around 75 Taliban
militants during the last 48 hours, the US-led coalition said. Six
civilians were also killed after Taliban fighters sought shelter in their
homes, which were then targeted by airstrikes, an Afghan official said.
Airstrikes were called in against "anti-coalition militants" in the
Garmsir district of Helmand province early Friday, killing about 40
fighters, the coalition said. Soldiers found more than 20
rocket-propelled grenades, ammunition and land mines in the militants'
compound, the coalition said.
The six civilians, including women and children, died in a separate
battle in Helmand province's Gereshk region on Wednesday after Taliban
fighters fled fighting with NATO forces and sought shelter in the
civilian homes, said Gereshk district chief Abdul Manaf Khan.
NATO's International Security Assistance Force said there were "a number"
of civilian casualties caused by the fighting. ISAF said Taliban fighters
attacked its forces from a housing compound and that an airstrike
targeted the compound. ISAF said it had been unaware that civilians were
in the area.
In another newly reported battle, more than three dozen Taliban fighters
were reported killed Wednesday in Uruzgan province, the coalition said.
The fighting began when Afghan and coalition troops spotted a dozen
insurgents planting roadside bombs in Uruzgan province, sparking a
14-hour battle that included airstrikes against Taliban fighters taking
cover in village homes.
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